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Tool: Oprius Foundations calendar, contacts, tasks

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Owen Mead-Robins of Oprius Software submitted Oprius Foundations for a tool review.

Foundations allows you to manage your address book, calendar and tasks online. All three are essential to small businesses, but are also the subject of much online competition these days.

What makes this tool different from any of the other online services? Owen tells me it was designed specifically for home-based and small business people, and especially for networkers. Looking at the product, I think they have done a good job.

I like they way the the parts are integrated. It is easy to connect a person to an event or a task. The screens are very usable, and the software behind it seems well designed with usability in mind.

Each contact can be classified in ways that make perfect sense for network marketing: as a new lead, client, or even not interested! You can also classify people by the source: list, trade show, or make your own category. Because you probably already have a list of contacts typed in somewhere, Owen says Oprius is working on a tool to import data.

I think all kinds of small business people, especially independent sales reps or network marketers, will find this useful.

The service is free. New services, like syncing to your cell phone, will be added later, and may include a charge, Owen tells me. He was very good about answering questions quickly and completely by email.

I give Oprius Software a special plaudit for being proud of their work. On the login page, they link you to a Credits page that lists their contributors and some special thanks. A very nice display of pride!

Be sure to watch the video showing off the best features of the calendar.

Oprius also openly solicits your feedback. Go sign up for a free account, and tell them what would make it more useful for your small or home based business.

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About Becky McCray

Becky started Small Biz Survival in 2006 to share rural business and community building stories and ideas with other small town business people. She and her husband have a small cattle ranch and are lifelong entrepreneurs. Becky is an international speaker on small business and rural topics.

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  1. […] Remember Oprius Foundations? Foundations includes contacts, tasks, and calendar into a free online personal organizer software. The whole package is tailored for small and home based businesses, especially multilevel and network marketing professionals. Read our first review here. […]

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